Can you spot the differences in these two pictures of Harvey? Answer at the bottom of the page!

Cool things to do!

When you're staying in one of the carriages, how about doing some of these things, or visiting some of these places:

Go wild in our woods

In St Germans we've got a woods to have fun in. Make dens and mud pies, follow our nature trail, look for animal tracks or search for treasure.

We've got badgers, foxes, lots of different birds and you may even find deer track. Why not pick a flower bouquet, or collect leaves to make a collage.

Be the Fat Controller

In Harvey's garden we’ve got a signal box playhouse complete with a wooden train set for you to enjoy. Or if nature watching is your thing, then you get a great view of birds through the window.

You can wave at the swings, sit on the balcony, or chalk up the latest train times on the signal blackboard.

Go to the beach - Hayle

Follow the old railway to the harbour and beach from Harvey. The beach is three miles long and the sandy dunes are really good fun to jump down. In the summer there are special places to go swimming with life guards to make sure you stay safe.

We love cartwheeling in the sand and collecting little white cay cay shells.

Go to the beach - St Germans

There's lots of beaches near St. Germans and Hayle. We love playing in the sea and body boarding, flying kites and building sand castles. Our favourite near St Germans is Portwrinkle, but we also like catching the bus to Hessenford and walking to Seaton along the river path.

If you like rockpooling, Portwrinkle is best. If you like playparks, there is a very good one at Seaton.

Get close up to nature

In Harvey’s big garden there is a wildlife pond - watch out for tadpoles and frogs. In St Germans you might like to check the bug houses for creepy crawlies or learn all about the moths that visit the station at night.

You might like to explore our bug houses to see what you can find. In Harvey’s wildllife garden you can pick up our chestnut rings to see what is hiding below.

Visit Looe (from St Germans)

There is a arcarde and a beach. We like crabbing on the harbour wall or over the bridge beside the pedalo boats and play park. For crabbing advice there are tips on this link. Buy bait and buckets from Pengelly's fish shop or if this is closed (Mondays and after 4pm) a good place is Looe Chandlery where you can also purchase surf wear and book fishing trips. By train change at Liskeard for the Looe branch line. It's a lovely ride with lots of river birds to see along the way.

Visit Bodmin Railway

Catch the train to Bodmin Parkway and you can go on a 13 mile trip on a steam locomotive through the countryside to Bodmin. They do Santa specials in winter and while in Bodmin you can visit Bodmin Jail too.

Visit the Eden Project

At Eden you can walk in the rainforest and learn all about tropical flowers and how things grow in other countries. The biomes are fun to explore, and there's the outside gardens, a big zip wire, ice skating in the winter and a cool learning bit. The bus goes from St Austell station, which is just a short walk from an amazing play park.

Visit Paradise Park

Paradise Park in Hayle has loads of cool animals. There’s birds like owls and parrots, eagles and falcons. And there are otters, pandas, squirrels, alpacas, goats, sheep and donkeys and loads more. And you can go on a mini train ride around the park! Just walk up the hill from Harvey - it takes about ten minutes.

If you have a site that we don't know about, or you think others would like to visit, email the web address to Walter at walter@railholiday.co.uk.

Hangman - A railway version of the traditional guessing game.Jigsaw Puzzle - A railway version of the traditional guessing game.Memory Squares - Match the pictures to win the game.Slider Puzzle - Click on the pieces to put the picture back together.

Posters - These posters above and below were designed by Poppy, aged 9, Madi aged 10 and their friends from St Germans Primary School. If you would like your artwork to appear here too please email images to us at posters@railholiday.co.uk. If you include your name and address we will send a small prize as a thank you. Please let us know if you'd like your name (and age) published on the website.

National Geographic Kids - All about animals, nature and planet earth.Nature Detectives - this is our favourite site ever for finding out all about the countryside. You'll find lots of worksheets and nature treasure huntsFox Club - Cornwall’s very own wildlife club, full of fun and games.